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Monday, 3 February 2014

Teaching: The Secret to Success

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Imagine that there are not a few people in the world who feel that
giving guidance to their subordinates is a pain. It takes up time, they say. It
is a drain on my own productivity, they say. But they are missing an
opportunity to drive their own success.

I have often said that a leader must be a teacher. No matter the
subject, to teach others means that you must first learn yourself.

In order to teach someone something, you must think about and analyze
the things which you do subconsciously on a daily basis and be able to put them
into language in such a way as to be completely understood by others. There are
not many people who even think that much about their own jobs. For this reason,
guiding your subordinates is actually a chance to improve your own abilities. Because
you are guiding someone else, you must take your own job that much more
seriously. It is not uncommon to hear of people who entered a company with poor
manners and developed better manners after gaining a subordinate. We sometimes
say that it is the child that raises the parent. That principle works in
business as well.